The visualization of a new class of traumatically injured axons through the use of a modified method of microwave antigen retrieval

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-345

  Stone, James R ^a   Walker, Susan A ^a   Povlishock, John T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein immunoreactivity; Axonal injury; Microwave antigen retrieval; Traumatic brain injury; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AXONS; BRAIN INJURIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROWAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033010343     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050996     Document Type: Article

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